• 375th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 204 words
  • Component in 16 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shī (shi1)to lose • to miss • to fail

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

失去 
失败 (失敗)
失望 
失眠 
消失 

Uncommon

丢失 (丟失)
丧失 (喪失)
失地 
失意 
失态 (失態)
失恋 (失戀)
失控 
失败者 (失敗者)
失业 (失業)
失落 
失误 (失誤)
失调 (失調)
失踪 (失蹤)
得失 
患得患失 
损失 (損失)
流失 
缺失 
走失 
迷失 
过失 (過失)
遗失 (遺失)
错失 (錯失)

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  • 864th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 128 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sǎn (san3)leisurely • loosen • powdered medicine • to scatter • to come loose
2. sàn (san4)to break up (of couples) • to distribute • to let out • to fire or discharge (sb)

Pronunciation Clues

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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

不见不散 (不見不散)
扩散 (擴散)
散户 (散戶)
散步 
散发 (散發)

Uncommon

不欢而散 (不歡而散)
分散 
吹散 
失散 
懒散 (懶散)
拆散 
散伙 
散布 (散佈)
散场 (散場)
散失 
散学 (散學)
散心 
散打 
散播 
散散步 
散文 
散会 (散會)
散架 
散漫 
散热 (散熱)
散尽 (散盡)
散粉 
散落 
散装 (散裝)
散开 (散開)
消散 
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)
疏散 
发散 (發散)
聚散 
解散 
走散 
闲散 (閑散)
离散 (離散)
飘散 (飄散)
驱散 (驅散)
松散 (鬆散)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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